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ICTURES  FROM 


BY 


LOUIS  A.  ROBERTS. 

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"  The  Poet's  eye,  in  a  fine  frenzy  r  oiling, 
Doth  glance  from  heaven  to  earth,  from  earth  to  heaven, 
And  as  imagination  bodies  forth 
The  forms  of  things  unknown,  the  poet's  pen 
Turns  them  to  shape,  and  gives  to  airy  nothing 
A  local  habitation  and  a  name." 


SPRINGFIELD,  MASS. 
D.  E.  FISK  &  COMPANY, 


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Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1S72,  by 

D.  E.  FISK  &  CO., 
in  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress  at  Washington. 


JAS.  B.  RODGERS   CO., 

BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTERS, 

PHILADELPHIA. 


JVS30430 


THE  PUBLISHER'S  NOTE. 


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HIGH    ART. 


TOO  THIN. 

"Ladies  and  Gentlemen.— I  regret  to  announce 
that,  owing  to  a  sudden  and  severe  attack  of 
illness,  the  gentleman  who  was  advertised  to  take 
the  part  of  Hamlet  this  evening,  will  be  unable 
to  appear  before  you.  With  the  omission  of  this 
unimportant  character,  however,  the  play  will 
begin  as  usual — with  all  our  splendid  scenic 
effects,  including  a  real  ghost.  Hoping,  ladies 
and  gentlemen,  that  this  little  circumstance  will 
in  nowise  detract  from  your  pleasure  in  the 
evening's  entertainment,  the  performance  will 
now  commence." 


When  Freedom  from  her  mountain  height 
Unfurled  her  standard  to  the  air, 

She  tore  the  azure  robe  of  night, 
And  set  the  stars  of  glory  there. 

JOSEPH  RODMAN  DRAKE. 


There  studious  let  me  sit*    . 
And  hold  high  converse  <with  the  mighty 
dead. 

THOMSON*. 


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Gay  birds  in  cages  pining. 
Are  not  the  birds  for  me  ; 

The  plumes  so  brightly  shining, 
I  care  not  now  to  see ; 

But  I've  a  bird — 

THOMAS  HAYNES  BAYLY — 
"  THE  ROSE  THAT  ALL  ARE  PRAISING/' 


The  most  unkindest  cut  of  all! 

SHAKSPEARE, 


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Over  the  river  they  beckon  to  me, 

Loved    ones    who've    crossed    to    the 

further  side ; 

*The  gleam  of  their  snowy  robes  I  see, 
But  their  voices  are  lost  in  the  rushing 
tide. 

NANCY  A.  W.  PRIEST. 

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Pm  sitting  on  the  stile,  Mary. 

OLD  SONG, 


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Her  shape  in  dreams  I  oft  behold, 
And  oft  she  whispers  in  my  ear. 


MOORE. 


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The  Smith,  a  mighty  man  is  he, 
With  large  and  sinewy  hands, 

And  the  muscles  of  his  brawny  arms, 
Are  strong  as  iron  bands. 


LONGFELLOW — 
"THE  VILLAGE  BLACKSMITH." 


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The  man  that  hath  no  music  in  himself  ] 
And  is  not  moved  with  concord  of  sweet 

sounds, 
Is  Jit  for  treason,  stratagems  and  spoils" 

SHAKSPEARE 


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Beautiful  fie  of  the  sea, 
Sweet  is  thy  memry  to  me. 

OLD  SONG, 


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Lo,  ho<w  her  dark  arm  holds  me  ! — /  am 

bound 
By  the  soft  touch  of  fingers  light  as  leaves. 

ROBERT  BUCHANAN. 


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PERSEUS  ET  CAPUT  MEDUSAE. 

The  victor  Perseus,  with  the  Gorgon 
heady 

O'er  Lybyan  sands  his  airy  journey 
sped, 

The  gory  drops  distilled,  as  swift  he 
flew, 

And  from  each  drop  envenomed  ser- 
pents grew. 

ANONYMOUS. 


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A  woman  moved  is  like  a  fountain 

troubled, 
Muddy,  ill- seeming,  thick,  bereft  of 

beauty" 

SHAKSPEARE. 


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BIRD   SEED, 

In  process  of  germination. 


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//  is  an  ancient  Mariner, 
And  he  stoppeth  one  of  three. 

By  thy  long  grey  beard  and  glittering  eye, 
Now  wherefore  stopp'st  thou  me  ?" 


COLERIDGE. 


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THE  TWINS. 


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She  rose  from  her  delicious  sleep, 
And  put  away  her  dark  brown  hair 

WHITTIER— 
"-THE  MAIDEN'S  PRAYER.." 


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THE  CARRIER  DOVE. 

Fly  away  to  my  native  land,  sweet  dove, 
Fly  away  to  my  native  land, 

And  bear  these  lines  to  my  lady  love, 
That  I've  traced  with  a  feeble  hand. 

OLD  SONG. 


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A  hundred  months  have  passed, 
Lorena, 

Since  last  I  held  this  hand  in  mine, 
And  felt  thy  pulse  beat  fast,  Lorena, 

But  mine    beat  faster  far   than 

thine. 

OLD  SONG. 


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O  have  you  seen  fair  Inez  ? 

She's  gone  into  the  West, 
To  dazzle  when  the  sun  goes  down. 

And  rob  the  world  of  rest. 


HOOD 


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THE  CHILD  OF  THE  REGIMENT. 


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It  is  a  wise  father  that  knows  his  own  son. 

SHAKSPEARE, 


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*  How  can  I  leave  thee  ?" 


OLD  SONG. 


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A  gleaming  shoulder  cut  the  stream,  and lo  / 
I  saw  the  glistening  Naiad  rise  : 

She  floated  like  a  lily,  white  as  snow, 
With  half -closed  eyes. 

ROBERT  BUCHANAN. 


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SHAKSPEARE. 


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No :  strike  at  once — my  hour  is  come — > 

in  thee 

I  recognize  the  minister  of  Jove, 
And,   kneeling,   thus    submit    me    to    his 

Power. 

TALFOURD'S  "  ION." 


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Maud  Muller,  on  a  summer  day, 
Raked  the  meadow  sweet  with  hay. 
Beneath  her  torn  hat  glowed  the  wealth 
Of  simple  beauty  and  rustic  health. 
Singing  she  wrought,  and  her  merry  glee 
The  mock-bird  echoed  from  his  tree. 

WHITTIER. 


But  what  is  this  ? — it  comet h — and  it 

brings 
4  music  with  it — 'tis  the  rush  of  wings. 

EDGAR  A.  POE — 

"AL  AARAAF." 


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Beneath  the  lamp  the  lady  bowed, 
And  slowly  rolled  her  eyes  around. 

COLERIDGE — 

"  CHRISTABEL." 


"  Til  chase  the  antelope  over  the  plain, 
'The  tiger  s  cub  I'll  bind  with  a  chain , 
And  the  wild  gazelle,  with  its  silvery 

feet, 
Til  give  to  thee  for  a  playmate  sweet!' 


OLD  SONG. 


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//  is  a  beauteous  lady,  richly  dressed, 
Around  her  neck  are  chains  and 

jewels  rare  ; 
A  velvet  mantle  shrouds  her  snowy 

breast, 

And    a  'young    child    is    sweetly 
slumbering  there." 

OLD  SONG — 

ALLAN  PERCY. 
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What  though  the  tempest  madly  raves  ? 
I  dive  into  thy  darksome  caves, 
And  snatch  the  jewels  hidden  there. 
To  glisten  in  the  upper  air.'" 

ANON — 
"  THE  PEARL  DIVER  TO  THE  SEA." 


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Come  one,  come  all;  this  rock  shall  fly 
From  its  Jinn  base  as  soon  as  I!" 

SCOTT. 


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'Twere  vain    to   guess  what  shook    the 

pious  man. 

Who  looked  not  lovingly  on  that  divan, 
Nor  show'd  high  relish  for  the  banquet 
prest. 

BYRON — 

"  THE  CORSAIR." 


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Oh,  tell  me  some  secluded  place, 
Where,  weary  with  this  fitful  race, 
These  tired  limbs  awhile  may  rest. 

AELLA  GREENE, 


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The  lone  starry  hour  give  me,  love, 

When  still  is  the  beautiful  night , 
When  the  round  laughing  moon  I  see,  love, 

Peep  through  the  clouds,  silver  bright ; 
When  the  wind  through  the  lone  wooa 
sweeps,  love, 

And  I  gaze  on  some  bright  rising  star, 
When  the  world  is  asleep,  wake  thou,  love, 

And  list  while  I  touch  my  guitar. 

OLD  SERENADE 


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The  "poor  but  respectable  parents? 
OLD  BIOGRAPHERS. 


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Oh,  what  a  fall  was  there,  my  country 

SHAKSPEARE 


men . 


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List !  'tis  a  Grecian  maid  that  sings, 
While  from  Ilyssus*  silvery  springs, 
She  draws   the  cool  lymph   in   her 

graceful  urn  ; 
And  by   her   side,    in   music's    charm 

dissolving, 
Some  patriot  youth,   the  glorious  past 

revolving, 

Dreams  of  bright  days  that  never 
can  return. 

MOORE. 

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Turn,  Angelina,  ever  dear, 

My  charmer,  turn  to  see 
Thy  own,  thy  long  lost  Edwin  here, 

Restored  to  love  and  thee  ! 

GOLDSMITH — 

"THE  HERMIT." 


My  bark  is  on  the  Sea  /" 

BYRON, 


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And  there  upon  the  moss  she  sits, 
The  Dark  Ladle  in  silent  pain ; 

The  heavy  tear  is  In  her  eye, 
And  drops  and  swells  again. 

COLERIDGE — 
"  BALLAD  OF  THE  DARK  LADIE." 


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The  shades  of  night  were  falling  fast, 
As  through  an  Alpine  village  passed, 
A  youth,  who  bore,  mid  snow  and  ice, 
A  banner  with  the  strange  device, 
Excelsior  /" 

LONGFELLOW. 


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Unbridled  Spirit !  throned  upon  the  lap 
Of  ebon  Midnight  y  'whither  dost  thou 
stray  ? 

ANON — 
"HYMN  TO  THE  NIGHT  WIND." 


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BOARDING 


The  sullen  bell  is  tolling, 
That  calls  me  to  my  doom. 

FRANCES  A.  FULLER — 

u  QUEEN  MARY'S  LOVERS." 


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Thou  art  more  wondrous  fair  than  mortals 
know. 

#  *  #  *  # 

Close  up  each  eyelid  with  a  warm,  rich  kiss, 
And  let  me  listen  while  the  sunlights  go  : 

I  cannot  bear  a  time  so  still  as  this, 
Unbroken  by  thy  voice's  fall  and  flow. 

Sing  to  me,  Beautiful ! — Sing  low,  sing 
low,  sing  low  ! 

ROBERT  BUCHANAN — - 


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iCTHE  SIREN," 


O  master  !  we  are  seven. 

WORDSWORTH, 


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Hark  !  how  the  loud  and  ponderous  mace 

of  time, 
Knocks  at  the  golden  portals  of  the  day. 

LONGFELLOW — 

"THE  SPANISH  STUDENT." 


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